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Data centers are eating up steel. Developers are now looking at timber.

16 September 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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16 September 2026

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technology

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Data Infrastructure

◆ Geography

United States

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Fusion42 · 17 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Rising steel costs and delayed supply are driving data center developers to explore mass timber as a structural alternative, potentially shifting construction material preferences.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Data Infrastructure.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Data centre builders need to reassess their supply dependencies due to steel shortages; switching to timber could reduce delays but requires new sourcing and engineering approaches.

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1 source · 16 Sep 2026

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Data Infrastructuresteel-costsmass-timberdata-centersconstruction-materialssupply-chain